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I haven't the forth book yet, but no where in the tv series or the first 3 books does it say Dexter is infertile, yet the page says he is. In season 3 Rita gets pregnant, clearly making Dexter fertile, someone should probably remove the infertile section, i'd do it myself but i'm not hugely familiar with Wikipedia editing.--TimMcJones (talk) 03:06, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Whoever said that there is a recognized difference between these two disorders in the DSM-IV is incorrect. Both conditions are correlated to Antisocial Personality Disorder, for which the standard term is Sociopath. This is listed in Wikipedia's own articles on the subject. Therefore I see no harm in listing Dexter as a sociopath.On Thermonuclear War 03:56, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
How about we put in a list of speculated psychosis, and references to the series to support (or discredit) each 'illness'. But keep it encyclopedic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qforvendetta (talk • contribs) 21:19, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
I really think we ought to include a note about how food is a huge theme in the show. I mean Dexter is almost always eating. Witchbaby 04:12, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
It's as significant as the way James Bond is particular about how his martini is prepared.
Note the opening credit sequence. Fried pork. Eggs, runny. Oranges with blood-red pulp. All thematically linked to a guy who was traumatized by blood, whose work has to do with blood, and who collects blood samples as souvenirs of his victims. Dexter has no emotions, no feeling for other human beings no interest in sex or romance. It is through food that Dexter Morgan revels as a sensual being.
Dexter mentions a high metabolism in the novels. I was also struck by the techniques used in the title sequence... the zoom and other features is used to semi-disguise the activities, eg the cutting of meat and the tying of laces. Other shots are used (the knife on plate and fruit) to give the impression of furious action and purpose. 81.159.232.216 (talk) 19:30, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I think that "the dark passenger" should not be an alter-ego of Dexter, he's described as a different character, one who "takes over." More along the lines of Multiple Personality Disorder, but still quite different. Seeing as different people can have a "dark passenger" of their own (Cody and Agent Doakes), it seems that it would be less of an an alias and more of... well, a mysterious personality flaw.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Trocisp (talk • contribs) 05:50, 2 February 2007 (UTC).
1. Whoever removed the categories for sociopaths and murderers clearly has little knowledge of who Dexter is. Dexter is clearly a sociopath. One of the driving factors of his narrative is his inability to feel normal, human emotions. He does care for people, but on a distant level. Heck, several times in the novel he refers to himself as a sociopath. What other proof do you need?
2. I removed 'victims of abuse'. While I won't spoil anything for those who have not yet finished the novel, what happened to Dexter (while very traumatic) was not abuse.--CyberGhostface 00:03, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
I have finished the novel, and I disagree. To explain in detail would be a spoiler.
It can be argued that Dexter Morgan is a psychopath. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) provides definitions in which the traits of psychopathy and sociopathy overlap somewhat. What psychopaths and sociopaths have in common is utter disregard for the rights and feelings of other people, an ability to be superficially charming and a lack of remorse in whatever they do. All of these traits are present in Dexter, but none is absolute. Either Dexter cares about *some* people, or Harry Morgan was successful in teaching him how to behave like someone who cares.
What tilts the scales to psychopath for Dexter is that sociopaths are more likely to act impulsively and erratically. Dexter is nothing, if not, extremely deliberate and organized.
I recently read "A Death in Belmont," Sebastian Junger's book about how racism may have sent a black man to prison for life for a murder that was out of character for this individual, but which fit the pattern of a famous serial killer who had terrorized the area for more than a year. In a chapter that defines serial killers, Junger cites experts who say that serial killers always have a sexual component in their motivations. That would be inconsistent with Dexter, who says he isn't interested in sex, and chose his girlfriend because, as a traumatized victim of domestic abuse, Rita wasn't interested in sex either (only her uninterest took the form of "I'm not ready for that *yet*. Please be patient.")
While such qualities do certainly make a person a sociopath, that's not the issue here He is listed as both a sociopath and a psychopath, which is not possible. The terms sociopath and psychopath are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. They are two separate (if very similar) psychological conditions; why else do you think that antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy each have their own distinct entry in this very encyclopedia? Oh, and it also stands to reason that a serial killer is a murderer, so why list a character as both? Treybien 19:42 15 October 2006 (UTC)
==t. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.241.71.18 (talk) 01:03, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
Why do I think sociopathy and psychopathy are defined differently in this very encyclopedia? I could point out that this very encyclopedia is written and edited by amateurs, and people who don't know what they write about are not excluded to any great degree.
That being said, I would agree on reflection that Dexter is more of a sociopath because his behavior fails the so-called McNaughten standard, also known as the "cop in the room" rule. By this standard, a true psychopathic killer would kill whenever the impulse came upon him, because he couldn't help himself. Such a psychopath wouldn't plan his crimes, he wouldn't care about getting away with the crime. A psychopath would follow his impulse, even if he was aware that a police officer was standing next to him while he did it. I think we can agree that Dexter Morgan can control his "Dark Passenger" to such a degree that he wouldn't kill anyone if there was a cop in the room. Therefore, Dexter is not a psychopath, but a sociopath who does what he does because it's what he wants.
A simpler rule is: a psychopath is sick. A sociopath is evil.
I inserted the words (contains spoilers) to the "Character history" header because the fact that Dexter Morgan has a brother was not revealed until the climax of "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" and would spoil the ending for both readers and viewers of the television series as of this writing. For this same reason I woud not recommend adding the names of Brian or Dexter's biological father ("Driscoll?") to the family list
Was it really necessary to remove the victims table? It is, I think, encyclopedic and interesting. --Mister Six 09:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
The above argument makes Jeff Lindsay sound like a victim, whose literary character Dexter Morgan is being disfigured by its development for a television series. I can only presume from the lack of any news of copyright infringement litigation that the people who developed the "Dexter" TV show are doing so with Mr. Lindsay's permission. This "don't molest a novel character" stuff is what's out of place. It's provincial and not in touch with how the masses experience fiction today.
It is legitimate to discuss the character's TV development, if only to point out how it differs from the novels. For example, a major good-guy character dies in the first novel, and a bad guy escapes. At the comparable point in the TV plot, the same good guy lives and the same bad guy dies. That's worth discussing, no matter which side of the argument you side with.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.35.82.78 (talk • contribs)
I wasn't complaining about the lack of a victims' table. I don't care about such a table one way or the other. If I were to make an argument based on the question "Why Dexter and not Freddy Krueger?" it would be that, unlike Freddy, Dexter Morgan's victims are not innocents who happened to stumble into the den of the monster. Dexter Morgan is, by his own description, a monster, but he follows a code by which he doesn't kill the undeserving. His victims generally get more character development than the typical victim in a teen slasher movie. It's no fun to watch Dexter kill if you don't agree his victim deserves to die.
And my writings deserve to get a header for the same reason as anyone else who edits Wikipedia: Because I made a header. Asking why is silly.
There's a List of Episodes which looks like there's room for another column in which we could list "Dexter's Victims" for each episode. That would put all of the victims in the TV series in one place, so we wouldn't need to have a list here as well. Likewise there could be a list of victims in each book on the page for that book. Sound like a good way to handle the differences? 24.13.222.219 04:18, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I think we might want to split this article to separate the TV character and the book character. They are similar characters, but are becoming increasingly different. This article weaves together different facts from both mediums, and does always not make a clear distinction between the two.
Why can't there be a title like this somewhere in the article? I'm not into all the psychology as the people above, but this show is extremely popular with everybody I talked to who has seen it. And the character is doing the right thing too. If he just wanted to kill he could get a job in a slaughterhouse. - VGI —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.162.141.8 (talk) 01:29, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
See: Nigeria’s Vigilante Justice —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.132.145.172 (talk) 14:29, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Under "psychopathy and sociopathy," it says that Dexter's Dark Passenger is "an independent agent inhabiting Dexter, instead of a deviant psychological construction. It is revealed that the Dark Passenger is the offspring of Moloch, a god who has been worshiped since biblical times." I don't think that Lindsay meant for all the mystical talk in Book 3 to be taken literally. Some cultists claimed that the Dark Passenger was a child of Moloch but, since they're crazy cultists, I don't think we should take their claims too seriously. Lindsay often described the Passenger with supernatural language to emphasize Dexter's insanity. I think this part should be re-worded or removed. -IGlowInTheDark 5:41, 20 October 2007(UTC)
No, I don't want to argue the difference between sociopathy and psychopathy. Because neither one applies to Dexter.
I know that the books use the term "sociopath," and Lindsay has refered to Antisocial Personality Disorder in interviews. But Lindsay is wrong. (Or maybe Lindsay is right about Dexter being wrong?) Dexter is a paradigm "secret schizoid" (that is, someone suffering from Schizoid Personality Disorder who hides it very well).
ASPD is about inability to conform, manipulation, and impulsive aggression; SPD is about coldness, detachment, and complete lack of interest in normal human interaction. Which one sounds like Dexter? If you look at the DSM criteria, he's not even close to ASPD, but he matches all criteria for SPD (except, arguably, lack of schizophrenia or other psychosis).
The problem is, (non-psychotic) serial killers are almost always antisocial, and never schizoid. But then Dexter isn't a typical serial killer. At first he may look like a Bundy/Gacy type, but he's not. There are no sex or power urges, he doesn't care at all about media coverage, and he always just grabs his victims instead of luring or deceiving them first (playing on their sympathy, asking them on dates, hiring them as prostitutes, etc.). Those are all clear signs of ASPD, and common traits of Bundy-style serial killers, and not at all Dexter. So, how do you explain Dexter? Well, you don't; the mystery is supposed to be still unresolved--otherwise, what was the point of the third book?
TV Dexter is completely different. In the first few episodes, he was novel Dexter, but he became less schizoid with each episode, and by the end of the season, no psychiatrist would even consider the diagnosis. The need to kill is not an externalized "Dark Passenger," but a craving and preoccupation of Dexter's own self--in other words, an addiction. In fact, TV Dexter fits the DSM criteria for drug addiction perfectly, except of course that it's not drugs that he's addicted to. They play with this concept openly in the series with the whole NA plot.
But neither Dexter is a sociopath. --76.200.100.185 (talk) 19:14, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
The official stance of the American Psychiatric Association as presented in the DSM-IV-TR is that "psychopathy" and "sociopathy" are obsolete synonyms. The World Health Organization takes a similar stance in its ICD-10 by referring to psychopathy, antisocial personality, asocial personality, and amoral personality as synonyms for dissocial personality disorder. But this is a moot point as Dexter is a fictional character written by a man who is not a mental health professional. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.145.252.66 (talk) 15:21, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
In the TV series, Dexter's sister Deb is not a detective, but only a police officer working in the homicide division. This is evidenced when the Captain says "If you keep up the hard work I see a Detective's shield in your future" as well as the fact that she is never referred to as Detective, and takes orders from the detectives. --Xander756 (talk) 21:20, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
"It is implied that Brian murdered Driscoll with an injection of insulin to mimic a heart attack, as it is revealed that Driscoll had been visited by a cable repair man prior to his death, and an elderly neighbor recognizes Brian as the repairman. However, the body is cremated before Dexter can obtain proof."
Implies that Dex is trying to prove that Brian killed Driscoll, whereas he was just trying to generally prove that Driscoll had been murdered. I'm not sure how, but it needs to be reworded. Duggy 1138 (talk) 07:17, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
When talking about his "work" in the TV series he explains the code as, "My intention was never to save lives, but save lives I did."[citation needed]
It is true that a citation is needed for this quotation. Whilst it probably accurately describes his psychology, I not only do not know whether he ever said this, but also do not know whether he in fact would say it, as it seems to make his character darker than it appears in the episodes that I have seen. If somebody does not provide at least an episode number for this quotation, I think it should be deleted. --Susurrus (talk) 23:03, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
I believe Dexter was born in August/September 1974, does anybody have verification of this? Slaja (talk) 04:03, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Just reading the section on Dexter's development throughout the literary series. The section for the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter states that Dexter received a large wound in his abdomen, necessitating a blood transfusion, finding out that Dexter is type AB-, and that Harry Morgan was forced to go to Dexter's biological father for a blood donation.
This is not true. The book makes no mention of Dexter's biological father, who is only named in the first TV season. Dexter's blood type is never revealed, and the scant physical descriptions of Dexter in the book do not mention a large scar nor its cause. The TV show clearly depicts it, however. I am guessing that the TV series and the book are being mixed up here. Thoughts? Needs cleaning up and re-checking against the books? LudBob (talk) 12:00, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
I am in complete agreement with the idea of having a kill list within the Dexter article, but there is hardly any chance of finding references to how many people these people have killed and can only be gotten via original research. Perhaps this section of the table should be deleted? It is unsustainable. That Cheesy dude, Talk to the hand, or my user talk page...
Greate Idea having the kill list but another small problem. The definition of Self-Defence is up for discussion. I just finished watching Episode 11 Season 5. I would rather say it was Self Preservation as Stan Liddy did not want to harm Dexter but rather hand him over to the police. Dexter kicked him in the Face first trying to escape then killed him in the scuffle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.132.10.190 (talk) 01:05, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
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It was his left arm that was amputated, not his right, in the second Dexter Book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.188.224.190 (talk) 10:04, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
Oscar Prado is listed as not fitting the code but he most certainly does. Here is a quote from earlier in this very article "Prado deviates from The Code to murder a rival defense attorney."
If this doesn't fit "the code" then I don't know what does. Also, although I'm not sure it's an actual part of the code, Prado is virtually certain to kill again given his temper and the enthusiasm with which he took to Dexter's methods. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.137.3.212 (talk) 18:18, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Questions like the one in the section above show that the whole list is created by plot observations done by viewers. Nothing is supported by reliable third-party sources. The problems comes again an again. Watching a film and making conclusions, even if they look 100% accurate, is original research. The writers can mislead the audience just to make plot twists. TV series like Lost (TV series prove that this is not uncommon. Information based on a fictional character's "research" like scrapbooks, photos on a wall, etc. that viewers watch on episodes can't be a reliable source. Sources must come from real world and it would be better that they were by third parties and not by the channel or the production company that releases the series. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:47, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
The list is done in universe style. Whether they fit Dexters Code or not, that is an in-universe conclusion. Its been mentioned, Dexter says the character does or doesn;t fit the code. Thats true. However, thats an in-universe statement of the matterial. Its not from an outside source. Further, there is enough ambiguity for some of his kills that they very well could not fit the code. For example, second season the guy who had guns. Never said why he was killed. Stan Bodry season 4. Dexter never went through his usuall methods of finding out whether he killed someone. Further, this this gives no in depth understanding of the characters. Its pretty much there to look cool. Its fannish OR. Only the major, essential facts of a character should be added. The article is against wiki policies and quite frankly is a waste of space on this page. It was debated for the better part of July and no agreement was made, just a "ridiculous" here "ridiculous there" and give up. Third party needed. If I sound more confrontational and dictatoral then I meant I apologize. Been fighting with vandals for awhile now in the Supernatural pages.
third opinion request — Preceding unsigned comment added by Odoital25 (talk • contribs) 03:02, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
3rd Opinion: the List is fancruft and in-universe. It offers no real world information of encyclopedic value (if many of Dexter's victims were based on real world criminals that might be another matter). It should be removed or refactored into Dexter's background information where appropriate. Millahnna (talk) 03:26, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
This is a chronological list of all the people Dexter has killed on the show. In the season five premiere "My Bad", Dexter claimed that he had seen 67 people die.
Name | Actor/Actress | Reason for Being Targeted | Episode | Kills | Fits Code? |
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Nurse Mary | Denise Crosby | Murdered sick patients with overdoses of morphine and was about to kill Harry Morgan | 1.03 (FB) | 3 [k 1] | |
Juan Rinez | Uncredited | Murdered a prostitute, possibly more | 2.10 (FB) | [k 2] | Unknown|
Robert Milson | Uncredited | Serial killer of seven female students | Webisode (FB) | [k 3] | 7|
Peter Thorton | Uncredited | Murdered a campus guard | Webisode (FB) | [k 4] | 3|
Gene Marshall | Benton Jennings | Killed seven people in an arson | 1.06 (FB) | 7 | |
Alex Timmons | Demetrius Grosse | Sniper who killed three non-combatant children, among others | 1.06 (FB) | >3 | |
Cindy Landon | Julie Dolan | Serial killer who murdered her husbands for their money | 1.06 (FB) | 3 | |
Unnamed carnival worker | Uncredited | Presumably a killer | 3.01 (FB) | Unknown | |
Marcetti | Uncredited | Unknown, presumably a murderer | 5.01 (FB) | 1 | |
Mike Donovan | Jim Abele | Raped and killed three children | 1.01 | 3 | |
Jamie Jaworski | Ethan Smith | Raped and murdered Jane Saunders in a snuff film | 1.01 | >1 | |
Matt Chambers | Sam Trammell | Murdered multiple victims in drunken hit and runs | 1.02 | >4 | |
Jorge & Valerie Castillo | José Zúñiga & Valerie Dillman | Human traffickers who murdered clients who couldn't pay. | 1.05 | Unknown | |
Emmett Meridian | Tony Goldwyn | Committed manslaughter by manipulating three women into killing themselves. | 1.08 | >3 | |
Brian Moser | Christian Camargo, Brandon Killham (as a child) |
Murdered countless prostitutes while active as a serial killer and was going to murder Dexter's sister. | 1.12 | >8 | |
Little Chino | Matthew Willig | Enforcer for a gang and killer | 2.02 | Unknown | |
Roger Hicks | Don McManus | Murdered two women | 2.03 | 2 | |
Ken Olson | Silas Weir Mitchell | Self-proclaimed vigilante who committed murder. | 2.06 | >4 | |
Santos Jimenez | Tony Amendola | Murdered Laura Moser and others as a drug dealer | 2.08 | >3 | |
Jose Garza | Uncredited | Murderer and drug trafficker. | 2.10 | Unknown | |
Esteban & Teo Famosa | Gilbert Saldivar & Wilmer Calderon | Self defense | 2.11 | Unknown | |
Lila Tournay | Jaime Murray | Murdered Doakes and her ex-boyfriend in arsons. | 2.12 | >2 | |
Oscar Prado | Nick Hermz | Self defense. | 3.01 | N/A | |
Fred "Freebo" Bowman | Mike Erwin | Murdered two college girls. | 3.02 | >2 | |
Nathan Marten | Jason Kaufman | Pedophile stalking Dexter's stepdaughter, Astor. | 3.03 | N/A | |
Ethan Turner | Larry Sullivan | Murdered three of his wives for their money. | 3.05 | 3 | |
Clemson Galt | Blake Gibbons | Neo-Nazi murderer | 3.06 | >2 | |
Camilla Figg | Margo Martindale | Euthanasia at her request to quell the pain of her terminal cancer. | 3.07 | N/A | |
Miguel Prado | Jimmy Smits | Killed Ellen Wolf and was going to kill Lt. LaGuerta | 3.11 | 2 | |
Jorge Orozco | Jesse Borrego | Planned to kill him for being a serial killer, but did it in self defense after being kidnapped. | 3.12 | Unknown | |
Benito Gomez | Gino Aquino | Beat two people to death | 4.01 | 2 | |
Zoey Kruger | Christina Cox | Murdered her husband and daughter. | 4.04 | 2 | |
John Farrow | Greg Ellis | False judgment; the murders were actually committed by Farrow's assistant. | 4.07 | N/A | |
Stan Beaudry | Ian Patrick Williams | Murdered a prostitute, killed him in order to frame him as the Trinity Killer. | 4.11 | 1 | |
Arthur Mitchell | John Lithgow | Serial killer for over 30 years | 4.12 | 121 | |
Rankin | Brad Carter | Killed him due to grief over Rita's death | 5.01 | N/A | |
Boyd Fowler | Shawn Hatosy | Serial rapist and killer of twelve women. | 5.03 | 12 | |
Dan Mendell | Sean O'Bryan | Serial rapist and killer of twelve women. | 5.06 | 12 | |
Lance Robinson | Chad Allen | Serial killer of four homosexual men. | 5.06 | 4 | |
Cole Harmon | Chris Vance | Serial rapist and killer of twelve women. | 5.08 | 12 | |
Stan Liddy | Peter Weller | Self defense | 5.11 | N/A | |
Ben and Roger | Turner Dixon & Grant Mathis | Killed their patients | 6.01 | Unknown | |
Joe Walker | John Brotherton | Killed Janet Walker | 6.01 | 1 | |
6.02 | N/A | ||||
Tooth Fairy | 6.03 | >20 | |||
Nick | Killed Brother Sam | 6.06 | 1 | ||
Self defense | 6.07 | N/A | |||
Steve | Killed Holly | 6.10 | 1 | ||
Travis Marshall | Colin Hanks | Doomsday Killer | 6.12 | >5 | |
Viktor Baskov | Enver Gjokaj | Killed Detective Mike Anderson | 7.01 | 1 | |
Ray Speltzer | raped and killed many women | 7.04 | >5 | ||
Self defense | 7.08 | N/A |
"Dexter can only kill people after finding evidence that they are guilty of murder, and he must dispose of all evidence so he never gets caught." Unfortunately that is not true. Dexter killed at least two people he didn't know much about (I'm just referring to sesion 5): 1. He killed a man in the bathroom because he insulted Rita (episode: My Bad) 2. He killed the ex-cop played by Peter Weller (episode 12). There he didn't follow his code - unless you would say that he destroyed evidence but that wouldn't work as it would interfer with his first rule: kill only murderers. Therefore it has to be argued if he really follows a code. In fact, following the code Dexter would have to kill himself for his actions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.44.196.176 (talk) 08:19, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
I understand how Boyd fits the code, but, how to Dan and Cole? Yes, they did rape several women, but Boyd was the only one who actually did any killing. So, wouldn't they technically be violations of the code? Le Rusecue (talk) 06:26, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Fancruft of the highest order or not? Discuss, please? I agree with those removing it. At the very least it needs major revision. Millahnna (talk) 03:14, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
Ok so no one else has made a point for it to stay, its been almost 48 hours. I say if no one comes up with a good argument in another 24 hours it should be removed.Odoital25 (talk) 07:03, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey everyone, sorry if I'm just missing something but I read the summary at the beginning and it said "A seventh novel is expected in late 2012." As of today's date, it's 2/3/13; either that line needs to be updated or this article may need some overall updating perhaps? Until I read this article I never knew there were novels so I can't comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.205.138.49 (talk) 05:39, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Yes Dexters AB- Blood is rare However people with blood type AB- can recieve Blood from people with A- B- O- or AB- Blood this is a mistake by the Writer But i feal that this need to be pointed out in the Artical any one who feals the same way please coment back — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.122.236.67 (talk) 04:39, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Despite the fact that it was implied in the show that Dexter was a "psychopath", he clearly was not. Psychopathy is a cluster of traits and behaviours that are tied to Cluster B personality disorders. Antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder are three PD's which, in some schools of thought, are considered to be three different subtypes, three different breeds, or three different manifestations of psychopathy. In a nutshell, all three of those personality disorders are considered to be psychopathic. If you go by the other school of thought - that psychopathy is a PD in its own right, then you'd quickly come to realize that comorbidity is highest with BPD, AsPD, and NPD. Dexter is neither a narcissist, a sociopath (antisocial), or a borderline. Dexter Morgan is a textbook case of a schizoid personality disorder with avoidant and possibly obsessive-compulsive personality disorder features, aswell. He seems to be free of any serious or noticeable Cluster B traits. Another, but less likely possibility, is that he may have Aspergers syndrome. --Dendro†NajaTalk to me! 20:54, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
Is there any way to fit into this article that Dexter is the opposite of Sinister? The IMDB Trivia section says the name was chosen on purpose. Faolin42 (talk) 20:10, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Looking at the history of the talk page a decision was previously made to remove this section. However the current article appears to have had this added back in. As per previous discussions this would appear to be pure fancruft and unsuitable for Wikipedia, equally it appears to be incomplete and contains numerous entries of unknown. Can we confirm if there is consensus to remove the section again.Bath1865 (talk) 17:00, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
It's been several days and no-one has commented, given the previous decision was to remove I'm going to be Bold and remove this section. If anyone disagrees suggest we bring the discussion here. Bath1865 (talk) 09:16, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
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